Secrets and Pearls
On Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism
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2019
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
9783110540031 (ISBN)
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
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This series focuses on the Jewish textual tradition as well as the ways it evolves in response to new intellectual, historical, social and political contexts. Fostering dialogue between literary, philosophical, political and religious perspectives, this series, which consists of original scholarship and proceedings of international conferences, reflects contemporary concerns of Jewish Studies in the broadest sense.
The special affinities between Maimonides’ esotericism and Abraham Abulafia’s Kabbalah show the deep impact of the former on the latter. The early studies of Abulafia in medieval philosophy, especially Neoaristotelian one, have been analyzed for the first time. The book surveys main topics in Judaism as interpreted by Abulafia: Hebrew language, Torah, the people of Israel, Paradise, in the light of Maimonides’ esotericism. It claims that Abulafia was a radical Maimonidean thinker for his entire career and revealed, in some cases, the hidden philosophical agenda of Maimonides, as he understood it. The universal aspects of Abulafia’s thought have been put in relief, unlike those of most of other Kabbalists. Some of the texts used in this exposition are still in manuscripts, and they have been identified here for the first time as authored by Abulafia.. His study is intended for students of medieval philosophy, Kabbalah, esotericism, especially in Spain, Byzantine Empire, Italy and Sicily, in the 13th century.
The special affinities between Maimonides’ esotericism and Abraham Abulafia’s Kabbalah show the deep impact of the former on the latter. The early studies of Abulafia in medieval philosophy, especially Neoaristotelian one, have been analyzed for the first time. The book surveys main topics in Judaism as interpreted by Abulafia: Hebrew language, Torah, the people of Israel, Paradise, in the light of Maimonides’ esotericism. It claims that Abulafia was a radical Maimonidean thinker for his entire career and revealed, in some cases, the hidden philosophical agenda of Maimonides, as he understood it. The universal aspects of Abulafia’s thought have been put in relief, unlike those of most of other Kabbalists. Some of the texts used in this exposition are still in manuscripts, and they have been identified here for the first time as authored by Abulafia.. His study is intended for students of medieval philosophy, Kabbalah, esotericism, especially in Spain, Byzantine Empire, Italy and Sicily, in the 13th century.
Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.3.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts |
| Verlagsort | Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| Schlagworte | Jewish History • Jewish Studies • Jewish thought |
| ISBN-13 | 9783110540031 / 9783110540031 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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